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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

A Future of Drone Natives

My recent involvement with looking at near and long term applications of drones made me note this.  The term 'Drone Native' struck me.   Describing some near or long term future where drones will be cheap and common enough that everyone will control them.  Stats here are interesting. What are the implications?

'Drone natives' may one day help or harm US forces, says Army futurist   By David Vergun  

By 2020, Goldman Sachs estimates that global militaries will spend a combined total of $70 billion on unmanned aerial systems each year and the global civilian drone market will be $20 billion per year by 2021.

WASHINGTON -- The term "digital natives" was coined for children born after 2000, because those young people have grown up in a world already inundated with computers, cell phones and tablets, said Luke Shabro, deputy director of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's "Mad Scientist Initiative."

Children born today might one day be called "drone natives," he said, because the use of drones around the world will soon expand substantially.

Shabro spoke here Aug. 24 during the Institute for Defense & Government Advancement-sponsored Counter-UAS Summit.

By 2020, Goldman Sachs estimates that global militaries will spend a combined total of $70 billion annually on unmanned aerial systems, he said. And the global civilian drone market will be $20 billion per year by 2021.

That proliferation poses unique rewards and challenges for the U.S., and for the U.S. military in particular, he said.   ... " 

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